Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-12 | Page 6 | Britain Fails to Solve Problem of Unemployed

BRITAIN FAILS TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYED LONDON', Jan. 12 Report from the labor exchange show an addition of 86,000 to rhe unemployed in the last week, but there are no signs Lhatj the government Ik any nearer a solution solu-tion The government's principal sugge-s-tlons giving ar. insurance benefit 01 i.r shillings per week to the unemployed, unem-ployed, and placing government establishments es-tablishments on short time with a 1 eduction in the weekly wage, are declared de-clared by the i-abor party to he totally total-ly Inadequate, and the party refuses to co-operate with 'he government on any such basis. A Joint meeting of the parliamentary parliament-ary committees of ihe grades union congress anil the executive of the La-Uor La-Uor party has adopted a resolution refusing to nominate representative to the proposed government committee commit-tee of inquiry into unemployment because be-cause thev consider the government's terms not sufficiently wide, and pro- Ming for the appointment, of their; own committee to formulate prac , tical schemes for submission to the national conference on January 29 with the Intention of pressing these j scemes o"? soon as parliament re- r.scmh!es